THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST

Registered charity 1003102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

Raising money for the Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust in Israel

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£597k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in deficit of £346,593, following a net expenditure of £109,593. The trustees report that the charity is currently undergoing investigations by the Charity Commission and HMRC, which introduces uncertainty regarding its future operations.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain as little reserves as possible (held: £-347k)

“The trust's policy on reserves is that it tries to maintain as little reserves as possible as it feels that the funds are better expended than reserved.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“However, the charity is currently undegoing investigations both from the Charity Commission and HMRC. It is hoped that these investigations will draw to a satisfactory conclusion.”

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations to related party

“All donations shown in the accounts are to The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy, a registered Israeli charity.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Regulator engagement

“However, the charity is currently undegoing investigations both from the Charity Commission and HMRC.”

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2022) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2023).

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2023 accounts as analysed by this site.

Charity Commission inquiry

The report is a press release announcing the opening of inquiries, not a concluded regulatory case report with final findings or outcomes. Therefore, the 'outcome_summary' is null, and no final 'findings' can be extracted as the inquiries were ongoing at the time of publication.

“The regulator’s concerns relate to financial management and controls within the charities, including the use of signed blank cheques.”

The report states the inquiries were opened on 17 July 2023 and that the Commission exercises powers to restrict transactions. It does not state the inquiries have concluded or list final regulatory actions beyond the initial restriction order.

“The inquiries will examine the following regulatory issues: the administration, governance, and management of the charities by the trustees”

No final outcome is provided in this text.

“Following the opening of the inquiries, the Commission exercised its powers under the Charities Act 2011 and made an order to restrict the trustees from entering into certain transactions.”

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£597k

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHAIM LOPIAN · trustee of 2 other charities
RABBI YAACOV CHANOCH BADDIEL · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	—	—
31/03/2024	—	—
31/03/2023	£597k	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£612k	£568k
31/03/2021	£676k	£679k

Common questions

Is THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in deficit of £346,593, following a net expenditure of £109,593. The trustees report that the charity is currently undergoing investigations by the Charity Commission and HMRC, which introduces uncertainty regarding its future operations. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST as a grant recipient include BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED, THE ELIEZER FOUNDATION, DILLHAVEN LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2023	£604k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2021	£42k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2024	£30k
THE ELIEZER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£20k	Education
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2024	£20k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2022	£17k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2025	£10k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2022	£10k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2023	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£240k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£108k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£106k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£50k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£50k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£41k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST.

THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST income £480k
GUR TRUST income £134k
THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST income £961k
Torah Umesorah UK Limited income £201k
GATESHEAD ACADEMY FOR TORAH STUDIES LIMITED income £104k
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST	£597k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST FY2023	£480k	—	unclear	—	noted
GUR TRUST FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST FY2025	£961k	—	above	—	no doubt
Torah Umesorah UK Limited FY2025	£201k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD ACADEMY FOR TORAH STUDIES LIMITED FY2024	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.